The older brother of Giants star cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been arrested in the death of a music producer whose body police found at Jenkins' New Jersey house Tuesday morning, according to TMZ Sports.
William Jenkins, 34, of Fair Lawn, N.J. was charged with aggravated manslaughter for the death of Roosevelt Rene, New Jersey authorities said. He was in custody Wednesday afternoon in Ontario County near Rochester.
William Jenkins was arrested for an unrelated parole issue in upstate New York on Tuesday at 1:46 a.m., about nine hours before police found Rene's body at Jenkins' home in Fair Lawn, per TMZ.
Ontario County officials told the website that there will be an extradition process to bring William Jenkins from Ontario County, New York to Bergen County, a 300-mile trip.
Rene, 25, has been identified as a family friend of Janoris Jenkins. Rene was a music producer, and Jenkins collaborated with him on a rap song in March.
Police reportedly believe Rene was killed by strangulation or suffocation.
William Jenkins has served two different prison sentences over the past 15 years, according to New York State prison records.
He was convicted of sale of a controlled substance in 2006 and was incarcerated from Dec. 6, 2006 until Feb. 2, 2010. He was then convicted of possession and sale of a controlled substance in 2011, and was again locked up from April 4, 2011 until being released on parole on July 18, 2016.
"Parolee Williams Jenkins is currently being held in the Ontario County jail for violating conditions of his parole," said DOCCS spokesperson Thomas Mailey. "This is an ongoing investigation and the Department cannot comment further."
